CroJack
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I am doing this because I am curious. Stats can't show you what a proper situational analysis can.
Poor defending, poor goalkeeping or something else? Every conceded goal analysed.
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Borini
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Doing a grand job. Bit I can tell you this ...
Our defence are shit. The biggest problem is full backs tracking back but not tackling or stopping a cross. No one on the posts for corners. Zonal defending corners. 11 men back for free kicks and corners. Just puts pressure on .
CroJack
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Goal No. 11
Swansea 3 : 1 Blackburn
Luckily for us this goal didn't cost us points.
Watch the goal here, scroll to 2:22:
Blackburn are attacking on the left flank:
I have to praise Naughton here for his awareness. He is caught high up the pitch but makes a great defensive run:
A clever played ball behind our defence and a clever run by the Blackburn player:
Naughton is closing down his man:
Swansea 3 : 1 Blackburn
Luckily for us this goal didn't cost us points.
Watch the goal here, scroll to 2:22:
Blackburn are attacking on the left flank:
I have to praise Naughton here for his awareness. He is caught high up the pitch but makes a great defensive run:
A clever played ball behind our defence and a clever run by the Blackburn player:
Naughton is closing down his man:
CroJack
Key Player
Goal No. 12
Rotherham 2 : 1 Swansea
Watch the goal here (scroll to 05:00):
We are one goal up when this happens:
A high cross to far post should be easily collected by our goalkeeper (Nordfeldt). Initially, Nordfeldt makes a move forward and then suddenly stops:
The ball bounces and Nordfeldt (comically) fails to catch it:
In his second attempt Nordfeldt fails to either catch the ball or punch it away:
Rotherham 2 : 1 Swansea
Watch the goal here (scroll to 05:00):
We are one goal up when this happens:
A high cross to far post should be easily collected by our goalkeeper (Nordfeldt). Initially, Nordfeldt makes a move forward and then suddenly stops:
The ball bounces and Nordfeldt (comically) fails to catch it:
In his second attempt Nordfeldt fails to either catch the ball or punch it away:
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CroJack
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Goal No. 13
Scroll to 06:18 to watch it.
Rotherham have a free kick close to our penalty box:
A low cross follows into the area just in front of our penalty box:
And a shot which is not hitting the target (look at Fer who doesn't have his arms in an unnatural position):
Fer instictively tries to protect his head and the referee blows for the handball:
Another excellent penalty kick and we are 2:1 down:
Conclusion: poor goalkeeping and poor refereeing. 3 points lost.
Scroll to 06:18 to watch it.
Rotherham have a free kick close to our penalty box:
A low cross follows into the area just in front of our penalty box:
And a shot which is not hitting the target (look at Fer who doesn't have his arms in an unnatural position):
Fer instictively tries to protect his head and the referee blows for the handball:
Another excellent penalty kick and we are 2:1 down:
Conclusion: poor goalkeeping and poor refereeing. 3 points lost.
CroJack
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Goal No. 14
Swansea 1 : 4 Norwich
Scroll to 01:58 to watch the goal:
Norwich wins the ball in the middle of the pitch and what follows is a through ball to a Norwich player who makes the run between two of our defenders:
Our defender fails to block the low cross and Mike scores an own goal:
Conclusion: We can't blame Mike for the own goal. He tried to clear the ball and such things happen. Initially it was poor defending, the Norwich player who made that run through the channel was not properly marked.
Swansea 1 : 4 Norwich
Scroll to 01:58 to watch the goal:
Norwich wins the ball in the middle of the pitch and what follows is a through ball to a Norwich player who makes the run between two of our defenders:
Our defender fails to block the low cross and Mike scores an own goal:
Conclusion: We can't blame Mike for the own goal. He tried to clear the ball and such things happen. Initially it was poor defending, the Norwich player who made that run through the channel was not properly marked.
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Yankee_Jack
Key Player
Excellent analysis as always. One critique .... using the word “poor” to describe Nordfeldt is an insult to poor keepers everywhere. I’m a poor keeper ... actually not a keeper at all, despite having to assume the role for an entire game on a few occasions ... but I couldn’t see me pulling a stunt like that. I don’t know what Nordfeldt thought he was trying to do in the Rotherham example, I don’t think he knows or could in anyway explain it. There is no excuse for it at this level and there is no reason for it.
Unlike days gone by, you breath on a keeper trying to play the ball today and a foul is given. A keeper doesn’t have to actually play the ball, just make a good faith effort and get touched in the process .... but there has to be a good faith effort. Good Faith and Effort are not a part of Nordy’s tool box.
Unlike days gone by, you breath on a keeper trying to play the ball today and a foul is given. A keeper doesn’t have to actually play the ball, just make a good faith effort and get touched in the process .... but there has to be a good faith effort. Good Faith and Effort are not a part of Nordy’s tool box.
CroJack
Key Player
Agreed. He is terrible when it comes to crosses.
Yankee_Jack
Key Player
It goes beyond crosses. It's anytime he may have to make contact with another player. He is literally averse to contact. I've never seen anything like it. How do you make it to this level with that as an attribute, it's not something that you can finesse away.
We used to make fun of Dorus, referring him to as a vampire because he hated crosses. But, Nordy makes Dorus look like Pat Jennings. There was a video posted a little while back of the Forest playoff match at the Liberty in 2011. In the last few minutes Dorus came way out of his goal to get on the end of a cross ... not sure if it led to Pratley's goal. Never in a million years would I bet your last penny on Nordy doing anything like that.
CroJack
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Goal No. 15
Swansea 1 : 4 Norwich
Scroll to 03:00 to watch the goal.
This is the second goal we conceded against Norwich. The goal can be described as a stupidity by Mulder.
We are, as always, trying to play from the back and that's not the problem in this situation. Mulder simply makes a bad choice. Instead of passing the ball to Van der Hoorn or For, he chooses Celina who is under pressure. Two Norwich players are pressing him. Celina also makes a wrong decision here and instead of passing the ball either to Mike or Fer, he tries to dribble past the Norwich men. He gets easily dispossessed and they score.
Yellow arrows: Better passing options.
Swansea 1 : 4 Norwich
Scroll to 03:00 to watch the goal.
This is the second goal we conceded against Norwich. The goal can be described as a stupidity by Mulder.
We are, as always, trying to play from the back and that's not the problem in this situation. Mulder simply makes a bad choice. Instead of passing the ball to Van der Hoorn or For, he chooses Celina who is under pressure. Two Norwich players are pressing him. Celina also makes a wrong decision here and instead of passing the ball either to Mike or Fer, he tries to dribble past the Norwich men. He gets easily dispossessed and they score.
Yellow arrows: Better passing options.
CroJack
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Goal No. 16
Swansea 1 : 4 Norwich
Scroll to 03:55 to watch the goal.
This is the 3rd goal we conceded against Norwich.
A long ball from their half:
A headed pass into the path of the runner:
A dummy to the left and a pass to the right flank:
A huge empty space on the right flank (Where is our full-back?):
Swansea 1 : 4 Norwich
Scroll to 03:55 to watch the goal.
This is the 3rd goal we conceded against Norwich.
A long ball from their half:
A headed pass into the path of the runner:
A dummy to the left and a pass to the right flank:
A huge empty space on the right flank (Where is our full-back?):
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CroJack
Key Player
Goal No. 18
Swansea 1 : 2 WBA
The first WBA goal.
You can watch the goal here, scroll to 4:20:
We are one goal up and a minute later we give a corner-kick away. As you can see we use a combination of zonal and man-marking defending. Not too bad, but one WBA player (red arrow) is totally unmarked and is in a dangerous position on the edge of the penalty box:
One of the WBA players makes a late run into the box and players 1 & 2 are totally unaware of his movement:
A good header:
And the goal:
I still think our goalkeeper should have done better. He had enough time to make two steps backwards and make a save.
Conclusion: bad defending and bad goalkeeping.
Swansea 1 : 2 WBA
The first WBA goal.
You can watch the goal here, scroll to 4:20:
We are one goal up and a minute later we give a corner-kick away. As you can see we use a combination of zonal and man-marking defending. Not too bad, but one WBA player (red arrow) is totally unmarked and is in a dangerous position on the edge of the penalty box:
One of the WBA players makes a late run into the box and players 1 & 2 are totally unaware of his movement:
A good header:
And the goal:
I still think our goalkeeper should have done better. He had enough time to make two steps backwards and make a save.
Conclusion: bad defending and bad goalkeeping.
CroJack
Key Player
Goal No. 19
Swansea 1 : WBA 2
This is WBA's second goal.
Watch it here, scroll to 05:42:
Another corner and again a combination of zonal and man-marking defending Our back line defends zonally and players 1, 2, 3 & 4 man-mark:
Both Roberts and Carter-Vickers lose their men who then make runs to the far post:
Two Norwich players block our goalkeeper who can't make any steps backwards. Smart.
An easy goal:
Conclusion: Perfectly executed set-piece.
Swansea 1 : WBA 2
This is WBA's second goal.
Watch it here, scroll to 05:42:
Another corner and again a combination of zonal and man-marking defending Our back line defends zonally and players 1, 2, 3 & 4 man-mark:
Both Roberts and Carter-Vickers lose their men who then make runs to the far post:
Two Norwich players block our goalkeeper who can't make any steps backwards. Smart.
An easy goal:
Conclusion: Perfectly executed set-piece.
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